#b5b5af

Color #b5b5af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.29 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b5b5af

RGB

rgb(181, 181, 175)

HSL

hsl(60, 3.9%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3.3%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.3%, 29%)

LAB

lab(73.52, -1.1, 3.05)

LCH

lch(73.52, 3.24, 109.83)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0084, 106.7)

HWB

hwb(60, 68.6%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afafb5

Analogous

#b5b2af

#b5b5af

#b2b5af

Triadic

#b5b5af

#afb5b5

#b5afb5

Split-complementary

#b5b5af

#afb2b5

#b2afb5

Tetradic

#b5b5af

#afb5af

#afafb5

#b5afb5

Square

#b5b5af

#afb5b2

#afafb5

#b5afb2

Shades

Color #b5b5af mixed toward black.

#989890

#7b7b72

#5c5c56

#3e3e39

#1f1f1d

Tints

Color #b5b5af mixed toward white.

#c1c1bc

#cececa

#dadad7

#e6e6e4

#f3f3f2

Tones

Color #b5b5af mixed toward gray.

#b4b4af

#b4b4b0

#b3b3b0

#b3b3b1

#b2b2b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5b0 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#b5b5b1 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#b5b2b2 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 3.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5b5af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5b5af]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#b5b5af (#b5b5af) is rgb(181, 181, 175) in RGB.

No, #b5b5af is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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